database

da·ta·base

noun \ˈdā-tə-ˌbās, ˈda- also ˈdä-\

Definition of DATABASE

: a usually large collection of data organized especially for rapid search and retrieval (as by a computer)

— database transitive verb

Examples of DATABASE

1. All of our customers' information was kept in a database.

First Known Use of DATABASE

circa 1962

Rhymes with DATABASE

about-face, aerospace, anyplace, boniface, bouillabaisse, carapace, catalase, cellulase, commonplace, contrabass, cyberspace, diabase, diastase, double-space, elastase, everyplace, hydrolase, hydrospace, hyperspace, interface, interlace, interspace, invertase, kilobase, lemures, lowercase, marketplace, oxidase, pillowcase, reductase, Samothrace, single-space, steeplechase, thoroughbass, thoroughbrace, triple-space, uppercase

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